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CHANGSHA (XINHUA) - Sixteen people were injured, with three in serious conditions, after a swing ride at an amusement park in central China's Hunan Province conked out on Saturday (Feb 13), local authorities said Sunday.
The accident happened at about 3.40pm local time in a village of Shaoyang County, according to the county government.
The "flying chair" swing ride lost control due to a mechanical glitch, causing some tourists to plunge from the facility, officials and witnesses said.